Muni's PlayTattvabodha - Verse 3.3
Sanskrit
कारणशरीरं किम् ? अनिर्वाच्यानाद्यविद्यारूपं शरीरद्वयस्य कारणमात्रं सत्स्वरूपाऽज्ञानं निर्विकल्पकरूपं यदस्ति तत्कारणशरीरम् ।
Transliteration
kāraṇaśarīraṃ kim ? anirvācyānādyavidyārūpaṃ śarīradvayasya kāraṇamātraṃ satsvarūpā’jñānaṃ nirvikalpakarūpaṃ yadasti tatkāraṇaśarīram .
Translation
What is the causal body? It is that which is in the form of beginningless and indescribable ignorance, which is the sole cause of the other two bodies (gross and subtle), which is the ignorance of one’s own true nature, and which exists in an undifferentiated state—that is the causal body.
Word-for-Word
kāraṇa-śarīraṃ (causal body) kim (what?); anirvācyā-anādi-avidyā-rūpaṃ (of the nature of indescribable and beginningless ignorance) śarīra-dvayasya (of the two bodies) kāraṇa-mātraṃ (the sole cause), sat-svarūpa-ajñānaṃ (ignorance of the true nature of the Self/Existence) nirvikalpaka-rūpaṃ (the formless/undifferentiated state) yad asti (that which exists), tat (that is) kāraṇa-śarīram (the causal body).
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